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What Does a Breach Really Cost? 2 Laptops = $3 Million Settlement

by | Oct 24, 2013 | AVMed, Current IT Security Events, Education, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, IT News You Can Use, Loricca, Regulatory Compliance, Security Breaches, What Does a Breach Cost

In 2011 there was an employee of AvMed Corporation in Florida that managed to steal 2 laptops from the company’s corporate location.  On the laptop there was roughly 1.2 million patient’s personally identifiable information.  This information was used to obtain bank...